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China far ahead of US, Europe in total electric vehicle sales

And that's not counting the 200,000 plug-in trucks and buses

Last year, China overtook both the US and Europe in annual sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. This year, it will move ahead of both the US and Europe in cumulative plug-in vehicle sales. And with the Chinese government continuing to offer substantial investments to spur further plug-in vehicle development, there's little chance of that trend reversing anytime soon.

Of course, the vehicle-construction standards in China, where all but four percent of plug-ins are domestically produced, may not quite match up to those in Europe or the US. More than 90 percent of China plug-ins are compacts, sub-compacts or neighborhood-electric vehicles, meaning that very few of those vehicles would feel at home on US highways. Regardless, China is shooting for plug-ins to account for about 40 percent of its total light-duty vehicle sales, or about 15 million units, by 2030. To put that number in perspective, Americans bought 17.4 million passenger vehicles – total – last year.